Service-bracket for telephone-receivers



S. C. SLADDEN SERVICE BRACKET FUR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLICAHON FILED JULY 31,1919. 1 ,Sfih 1 @1 1 a Patentefi July 12 1192 2 SHEETS*SHEET l- N 5] wow W06 i Z Z L Sumway C. SLADDEN Q 11F hull/(f $13 1115 lnom S. C SLADDEN SERVICE BRACKET FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLECAYION FILED JULY 31.1919 1 ggh, 1 Pfl-Wlltfid July 12, 19211.,

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UNH'TED STATES @FFHQE.

SIDNEY C. SLADDEN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SERVICEBRACKET FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY C. SLADDEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Service-Brackets i'or Telephone-Receivers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to avoid the necessity for manually supporting a telephone receiver while the same is in active service; to enable the person using a telephone to employ both hands during said active service; to increase the efiioiency of the telephone service; to compel the user of the telephone to talk directly into the mouthpiece; to open and close the circuit more quickly than the present construction; to accommodate the bracket for use in conjunction with telephone instruments of usual construction; and to simplify and reduce the cost of the character brackets herein described.

Drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a telephone instrument having attached thereto, a bracket constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the receiver being in the active service position.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, the receiver being shown in the inactive position of the telephone instrument.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a top view of the telephone supporting bracket in its folded or inactive position.

Fig. 4: is a topplan view of a telephone instrument showlng a modified form of the invention and attachment thereto.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view on enlarged scale showing fragments of the supporting arm and stiff arm and the means for uniting the same adjustably and ,pivotally, portions of the two arms being shown in section for dis closing the interior construction.

Fig. 6 is a detailed view showing a side view of said fragments of the supporting arm and stiff arm, the adjusted positions of the latter being indicated by broken lines.

Description:

As seen in the drawings, the pedestal 11, the transmitter 12 and the receiver 13 and hook 1 1 are constructed and arranged as is usual with telephone instruments.

When employing the present invention,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 314,455.

the bracket is secured to the pedestal by means of a rigid collar 15. The collar 15 has a swinging jaw 16 perforated to receive a wing nut 17, the threaded end of which engages the extremity of the collar 15, as seen best in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Rigidly mounted on the collar 15 is an arm 18, at the opposite end whereof is provided an angularly disposed screw-threaded extension 19. Thread-engaging the extension 19 is a stifi arm 20. At the tree extremity of the stiff arm 20 is a split ring 21 which in service forms a supporting collar for the telephone receiver 13. To this end the ring 21 has a number of over-turned lugs 22, which extend over the side of the roll generally provided on the cap of the receiver, which normally houses the diaphragm of the said receiver.

The inactive position of the telephone receiver, when employing a bracket constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In this position the weight of the receiver 13 rests on the hook 14; to depress the same for breaking the telephone circuit. lVhen it is desired to use the telephone, the receiver is lifted, swinging the arm 20 and the receiver held thereby, to the position shown in Fig. 1. The arm 20 pivots in the collar 19. The screw thread at the ends of the arm 20 carries the same into the collar 19.

It is obvious that the extent to which the ends of the arm 20 can enter the'collar 19 governs the angular disposition of the arms 20 and 18. It is for this purpose that the end of the arm 20 is bored and tapped to receive the screw 25, as is shown best in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

Asthe screw 23 is advanced orretracted, the arm QOrelative to the arm 18 is checked or released. This permits the adjustment of the active service position of the receiver 13 to the ears of dilterent persons.

It is obvious that when it is desired to discontinue the use of the telephone, the receiver is rotated about the pivot formed by the collar 19 and the end of the'arm 2O to'rest on the hook 1 1 in the position. shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings the modification of the invention is disclosed. The modification consists in employing a second stiff arm 24. The stiff arm 2 1 is made up in two parts. the parts being connected by a spring 25. The remainder of the structure is, to all intents and purposes, the same as that above described.

The ring 21 is employed in this case to hold the Watch receiver 26, and the purpose of the resilient connection or spring 25 is to maintain automatically the Watch receiver 26 in contact with the ear of the person using the telephone. The contact between the receiver 13 and the ear of the person is manually accomplished by the personv leaning against the receiver 13. in all positions ofthe head of the person using the telephone, the spring 25 pushes the receiver 26 against the opposite ear ofthe user.

it is obvious that While I have described the connection between the telephone holder and the pedestal or" the telephone, using the collars l5 and nut 17, other means for mold ing the still arm 18 may be employed. in fact the stiii arm 18 may be, if desired, connected with the base of the telephone to extend upward therefrom. This has not been illustrated, as it is considered an obvious alternative or the construction disclosed.

l. A supportas characterized comprising, an arm for engaging a telephone receiver; means for pivotally mounting said arm so that the end thereof holding said receiver may be moved to dispose said receiver upon the receiver hook of a telephone associated therewith to establish the inactive condition of said telephone; and means for adjusting will the active position of said arm.

2. A support as characterized comprising, an arm for engaging a telephone receiver; means for pivotally mounting said arm so that the end thereof holding said receiver may be moved to dispose said receiver upon the receiver hook of a telephone associated therewith to establish the inactive condition of said telephone; and means for adjusting the active position or said arm, said means embodying, a stop screw adapted for ens aging said arm when the same is moved to the active position thereof.

3. 3; support as characterized comprising, an arm for engaging a telephone receiver; means for pivotally mounting said arni so that the end thereof holding said receiver may be moved to dispose said receiver upon the receiver hook of a telephone associated therewith to establish the inactive condition of said telephone; and a second arm for holding in active position an auxiliary receirer.

d. A support as characterized comprising, an arm for engaging a telephone receiver; means for pivotally mounting said arm so that the end thereof holding said receiver may be moved to dispose said receiver upon the receiver hook of a telephone associated therewith to establish the inactive condition or said telephone; a second arm for holding in active position an auxiliary receiver; and means for yieldingly maintaining the active position or" said auxiliary receiver,

SEDNEY (J. SLADDEN. 

